penurious

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penurious Definition

• (s) not having enough money to pay for necessities
• (s) excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

penurious Synonyms

• hard up
• impecunious
• in straitened circumstances(p)
• parsimonious
• penniless
• penurious
• pinched